Experiencing Political and Climate Change Stress …. join the club. So many of us are feeling
POLITICS STRESS
Frustration, anger, sadness, shock, confusion, anxiety, depression, and fear are common responses.
These responses are common reactions to loss. The current political climate has initiated a sense of loss, and you are not alone in experiencing it! Lots of us are trying to navigate differences with friends, family, and co-workers.
Therapy gives you a safe space to sort it all out.
POLITICAL CLIMATE FEELINGS
- Fear of undoing social progress
- Lack of safety & security
- Fear for ourselves & community
- Loss of moral compass
- Lessening of social empathy
- Polarization of politics & feelings
- Fear about global warming
SHARED STRESS AND TRAUMA
As a nation, many citizens experience collective trauma, meaning we have a shared experience in feeling threatened due to an event. Many people are afraid of the unknown.
The unknown can be one of our most common fears. Remember being afraid of the dark, having to use a nightlight, looking for monsters under the bed, and in the closet?
Well, our current political climate can elicit the same fears. That is stressful for many of us.
PROCESSING HELPS
Processing how this fear lives in us, our family, friends, communities, and institutions will help us COPE.
Sharing and feeling understood is the path to healing.
Having a better understanding of this fear will lead to connection. And, connection will increase resiliency, empathy, and compassion.
You are not alone. Reach out and see how therapy can help.
Culture makes people understand each other better. And if they understand each other better in their soul, it is easier to overcome the economic and political barriers. But first they have to understand that their neighbor is, in the end, just like them, with the same problems, the same questions.” ~Paulo Coelho
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IN YOURSELF?
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